Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14
JACK KETcH's VICTIMS.
Executed Fclons, and the Crimes for Which
They Paid the Death Penalty.
JANUARY.

Charles Williams (colored) was hanged for
criminal assault ut Cambridge. Md. on the sth
Nosh Merriman, u colored wife-n usderer. ut
belleville, l.. Charles Wilson. coloted. ut t.
Louis. Mo-, for slaling the mnte OF rver
steamer; Rev VIM. George colorea minister.
at Lake PrOvid cnce, La. Tor tie murder OF h
mistress: Horny NJ. Stair at Nevada. Mo, tor
the Il lling Of Jncob sowell and son ut Beau
mont Te us. VIM Madison, who killed Albert
ry.Iackson, While singing hymns on the scnfold
ut Minden, L.. on the ed. as rudely inter
rupted by tho dislocaton Of his mock he killed
r. A. Britten, grocer.
FEBRUARY.
Two murderers paid the penalty on the 9Th
Dennis w. Dildu ct Ire colt, Arizona, for the
killing OF equity Shcritf J. NJ Murphy. and
C,ras Minich, ut Leadville, Col. lhas. Her
mann, who M ,rd red his wife at Buffalo N. y.
and for thrt nights slel in the bed where the
CORY corpse lay. WAS h ,nge on tn 18th: Vie
bren Wartenn, Hcllander, murdered John
DIR CHER, who had heFriend d him, and expiated
his crime at Rensselaer,, Ind, on the 9th.
MARCH.
On the 5th. Clarence Gray alias 1sham Col
Inns, was hanged ut VIM tmucca. New, for the
murder Of Il. H. Scott. while attempting to rob
ply, No. Orleans politicians, were hanged at
the Crescent CITY on the l-tn for the murder OF
Captain A. H. Murphy: the Louisiana Board OF
Pardohs refused to yield to petition Of a'.1o6
sought to escape the gallows by taking poison,
but ere partially revived and worked off by the
sheriff Mt the appointe hour. Louis ONell
suffered the deaf penaltS at Jacksonville Ore
gon, for tho murder of evils Mcdaniel. On the
9th, Frank Mulkowsky, the muir erer Of Mrs.
Agnes kledzieck, expiatcd his CT me in the Jail
ward ut Chicago. protes ing his innocen 9 to the
last moment negro named John Drake was
executed at Thomaston. Ga for the murder Of
his wife and the cremation OF her corpse.
APRIL. ...I
JEFF Wilson, a colored man, was worked off by
the She if ut Lexington. Mo on the "a. for the
murder of his mistress. leobt. j. Phillips, q
colored wife-nurderer, was executed at Indian
apolis on the ath. On tie l, tn 81 crffs worked
off Allen j. Adams Mt Amherst, Mass. for the
murder. in 10 8, of his employer, IN aged farm
er-Adalns spent ten years after his crime as a
absolute tramp. conf ssrd in n drunken brawl,
and was convicted; Camille Gonzales, Mexi-
can robber at Brnoket, Texas, for the murder
of Peter Johnson a ranchman; and CEas. Rob-
Robt. Smith (colorsd). aged 49, suffered death at
Hicholasville. Ky. for the murder OF his step
father James Sea; the culprit sold his body 70
surgeons for $25. which he expended for fruit.
On the 23d Robt. Fowler was hanged at Nor
garfield, KY. for tho murder Of Miss Lydia
Burnett. who had refused his hand in 1nnrriuge.
On tn, Same day the gallows at Fort smih,
Ark WIS used iseventy first time in twelve
years) in the execution of james Wnsson and
Jcseph jackson, for murders committed IN the
Indian Territory. On the IN ana ~. lase aay 81
tho month the hanaman closed the ea;tnsy
career of j. NJ. Armstrong at perryville ARK
George Carol ut Searcy, in the same States
Ricllnrd j. Leo and Louis somerheld ut wash
;nG on. ID C., and james Walker ut Augustine.
Fla. Giuseppe Scoma an ualiAn. con'lc.ou VI
the hangman by suiciding In his cell at HUDSON